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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Pteroscion: Greek, pteron, pteryx = fin + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Hendrik Severinus Pel (1818–1876) was the Dutch Governor of the Gold Coast (Ghana) (ca: 1840–1850). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
marin; saumâtre benthopélagique; profondeur 0 - 200 m (Ref. 3593), usually 0 - 50 m (Ref. 3593). Tropical; 46°N - 9°S, 19°W - 15°E (Ref. 56869)
Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Namibia (Ref. 27121).
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 14.4  range ? - 16 cm
Max length : 32.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3593); common length : 20.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 3593)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Found in mid-water, over mud and sand bottoms in coastal waters. One of the most abundant sciaenids in shallower waters (Ref. 3593). Feeds on fish, cephalopods, shrimps, and annelids (Ref. 28587).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Chao, L.N. and E. Trewavas, 1990. Sciaenidae. p. 813-826. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3593)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Température préférée (Réf.
123201): 20 - 28, mean 26.5 °C (based on 186 cells).
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00912 (0.00582 - 0.01430), b=3.07 (2.94 - 3.20), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.6 ±0.50 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 1.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (K=0.709; assuming tm>1 based on growth curve).
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (22 of 100).
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Vulnérabilité climatique (Ref.
125649): Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
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Nutriments (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 120 [68, 222] mg/100g; Iron = 0.923 [0.466, 1.662] mg/100g; Protein = 18.5 [17.3, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.276 [0.129, 0.504] g/100g; Selenium = 72.1 [37.0, 142.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26 [10, 80] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.48 [1.03, 2.17] mg/100g (wet weight);